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M5 II "Mini RP" concept

Started Mar 15, 2019 | Discussions thread
Ebrahim Saadawi
Ebrahim Saadawi Contributing Member • Posts: 561
Re: M5 II "Mini RP" concept

carpandean wrote:

sobrien wrote:

I think it sounds like a very good idea. Why not. You’d get most of the size benefits plus a better grip.

Thanks

One point, the RP viewfinder has the same specs as the M50 viewfinder, as far as I am aware, so that wouldn’t be a differentiating factor.

Well, that's surprising and disappointing. I thought that I had read that the M5's viewfinder was .6-something-x magnification, and comparing with the X-T1/R that have 0.77-0.78x magnification, there is a world of difference. As such, I was thinking that the 0.70x on the RP had to be somewhere in between the two. It does, indeed, look like the RP and M50 use the same screen. Odd that the glass on the EVF opening on the RP is larger. At least, it does stick out less from the back.

They might be similar on paper but the RP EVF is very different, much larger than the M50. It's very similar to the difference between APS-C DSLRs and a 6D, it feels like a FF EVF.

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